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State school is an expression used in
Australia,
New Zealand, and the
United Kingdom to distinguish schools provided by the government from
privately run schools.
United Kingdom
In the
United Kingdom, the term,
state school, refers to government-funded schools which provide education free of charge to pupils. The contrast to this are fee-paying schools, often called "
independent schools", "private schools" or "public schools" (in the UK only; in the US, for example,
public schools are government-funded).
In
England and
Wales the term
public school is often used to refer to fee-paying schools. "Public" is used here in a somewhat archaic sense, meaning that they're open to any member of the public, distinguished from religious schools which are open only to members of that religion. Some people call only the older fee-paying schools,
public schools, while others use the term for any such school.
The
National Curriculum is followed in all state schools in England,
Northern Ireland and Wales. In Northern Ireland
secondary-level schools are divided into
Grammar schools,
Secondary schools and Catholic-
maintained schools, with an increasing number of
Integrated schools. There are also a small number of voluntary
Irish Language schools.
In
Scotland, where the educational system is distinctly different from the rest of UK, the term
public school was once used officially to describe state schools (being, as they were, publicly owned) - although preference is now being given to the term 'state school'. Use of
public school in Scotland is ambiguous in definition as it can be used in both contexts as schools such as
Fettes College in Edinburgh are often considered alongside other independent private schools; however, the peculiarly Scottish use of the term has found favour abroad, particularly in the
United States and
Canada.
Throughout education in the UK, state schools are under the control of local councils (
Local Education Authorities in
England and Wales;
Department of Education in
Northern Ireland), save for cases where independent schools are funded directly as in
City Academies. Thus in the great majority of cases the phrase "state school" is a misnomer, and the more correct term
maintained school is used in technical literature.
Some state schools, known as
faith schools, are dedicated to the teaching and indoctrination of a single religion. Some maintained schools are partially funded by religious or other charitable bodies; these are known as
voluntary aided schools or
voluntary controlled schools.
The oldest state school in England is
Beverley Grammar School, which was founded in
700 AD.
Australia
In Australia state schools are the responsibility of the state governments. States Schools grew out of the system of National Schools in the mid-19th century.
United States
In the
United States,
state school is a colloquial term for
state university, a college or university in a state university system.
Public school refers to primary and secondary schools which are funded and/or run by a governmental entity.
State school is also a term used somewhat condescendingly or derisively by students and alumni of some "University of" schools to refer to "State University" schools of the same state, for example, referring to any
California State University from the perspective of the
University of California.
In
Texas, "
state school" is the designated term for a state-run residential facility for people with developmental disabilities.
South Africa
In
South Africa, a state school or government school refers to a school that's state-controlled. These are officially called public schools according to the South African Schools Act of 1996.
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